Comparison

Sidequests HQ vs SideQuest

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sidequests HQ

Transform daily tasks into engaging challenges and earn rewards for personal growth. Discover over 300 real-world quests designed to spark joy, build competence, and break routines. Level up your life one small win at a time.

Highlights
  • 300+ real-world side quests
  • Earn stories, XP, and bragging rights
  • Track progress easily
  • New challenges added regularly
  • Variety of challenge categories
  • Personal growth focus
Features
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Life’s better with cheat codes. Turn your days into a game. Knock out tiny quests, drop kindness into the world, grow sharper, braver, more competent—and level up, one small win at a time. Sidequests makes everyday life feel less like chores and more like hidden levels. Forget endless to-do lists. You’ll get bite-sized dares that spark momentum, mischief, and joy. Pick a Challenge that fits your mood: Social Spark, Weekend Warrior, Kindness Conspiracy, Creative Chaos, City Explorer, and more. Some quests take minutes. Some turn into long-term adventures. All of them leave you changed. • 300+ real-world side quests • Earn stories, XP, and bragging rights • Track progress without drowning in charts • Fresh Challenges are added all the time Want to get healthier, unlock creativity, or just break routine? Sidequests keeps you moving forward, without the burnout. Your adventure is waiting. Press Start. ________________________________________________________________________________ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.blinq.inc/sidequests/privacy

About

SideQuest

Discover playful real-world quests that transform ordinary days into memorable adventures. Explore your city, engage in creative challenges, or connect with others through unique, bite-sized activities. Keep track of your journeys and level up in real life.

Highlights
  • Playful real-world quests
  • Themed quest packs
  • City-specific quests
  • Solo or group adventures
  • Journal for memories
  • XP, levels, and badges
  • Quest cost and time upfront
Features
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Give your day a side quest. SideQuest sends you on small, playful real-world quests that turn an ordinary day into a story worth telling. Go solo or bring a friend. Pick a quest, go do it, keep the memory. Write a dramatic museum label for a random object. Board the next bus, ride four stops, and explore wherever it drops you. Have the best outing you can on five dollars. Present one distinguished pebble to a stranger for an official rating. No big plans required. Most quests take under an hour. 100+ ORIGINAL QUESTS, IN PACKS THAT FIT YOUR MOOD Each pack is a themed set of hand-written quests with its own art, voice and badge. • City After Dark: turn one evening into a tiny movie • Make It Weird: creative dares with just enough absurdity • Main Character Energy: act like your life has a plot • Talk to Humans: tiny social moves that leave you a little less afraid of everyone • Soft Reset: quiet rituals for slowing down and looking up • Local Legend: know your city like it's been waiting for you • Curious Forever: odd questions, tiny lessons, real conversations • Taste of Somewhere: let appetite pick the route • Plus a pack of brave, respectful asks where a "no" still completes the quest CITY EDITIONS IN 160+ CITIES See your own city with new eyes. City Editions are quests written for real places, from New York and San Francisco to London, Paris, Tokyo and Mexico City. Crack optional riddles, collect small details, make something, and find the spots worth pausing in. Do them in any order, at your own pace. SOLO OR TOGETHER Take yourself on a little adventure, or finally give your group chat a plan. Invite a friend into a quest and they join free, no purchase needed. Bring two new friends in and you'll unlock Better Together, ten missions made for doing side by side. KEEP THE STORY Add a photo or a note when you finish. Your Journal keeps every adventure in one place, so you can look back on all the times you said yes. LEVEL UP IN REAL LIFE Earn XP, climb levels and collect badges like Certified Oddball, Night Cartographer and Plot Armor. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO Every quest shows its time, cost and challenge level up front, so you can pick what fits today and skip what doesn't. PACKS YOU KEEP. Unlock with one-time purchases: a single pack, a whole city, or all ten core Originals with the Originals Vault. Once it's yours, it's yours. Less scrolling. More adventure. Pick a quest and go. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://tinysidequest.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Sidequests HQ4 screens
SideQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sidequests HQ at none against SideQuest's shown. Sidequests HQ also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). SideQuest's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sidequests HQ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and SideQuest sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SideQuest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sidequests HQ ships an update every 11 days, SideQuest every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sidequests HQ versus SideQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSidequests HQSideQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings69 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB162 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlinq IncOMG Career

Customer experience

Sidequests HQ

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SideQuest

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sidequests HQ

Subscriptions2
  • Sidequests HQ Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Sidequests HQ Yearly$49.991 Year
10 purchases

SideQuest

One-time10
  • UC San Diego$9.99
  • Tulane University$9.99
  • University of Pennsylvania$9.99
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  • University of Georgia$9.99
  • University of Texas at Austin$9.99
  • NJIT$9.99
  • One SideQuest Pack Key$9.99
  • Tucson City Edition$14.99
  • 1 City Edition$14.99
  • Originals + 2 Cities$34.99

Questions

Is Sidequests HQ free?
Sidequests HQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SideQuest free?
SideQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sidequests HQ or SideQuest?
SideQuest is rated higher. Sidequests HQ averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while SideQuest averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Sidequests HQ or SideQuest have ads?
SideQuest shows ads; Sidequests HQ does not.
Which is updated more often, Sidequests HQ or SideQuest?
Sidequests HQ ships an update every 11 days, and SideQuest every 3 days. Most recently, Sidequests HQ was updated on October 30, 2026 and SideQuest on November 5, 2026.

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